Roaster for wieners and the like



J.l T. GRADY -Ro11sTER Foa' wmNERs AND THE LIKE Sept; 23, 1930.

Filed April l1. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l miem* 'mw H Sept. 23, '1930. J. T. GRADY ROASTER FOR WINERS AND THE L'IKE Filed April 11. 1928 2 sheets-sheet 2 .patented sept. 23, 1930` 1 OFFICE JAMES r. Gmini, or WANoMAssA, NEW JERSEY;

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proveniente:incooking-apparatus; but more e' particularly tol a roaster yfor wieners and v'similar varticles of -food vand of the type de signedto conveythe foodstuff through radif ated'heat waveswithin anenclojsure. v

sanitary Aand economical lroasterofthis character which is n' so constructed v'as to, provide afmaxim'um' amountvof 'heat rad1at1on ton thoroughly and'expeditiously roast wieners* andthelike ata minimum cost. i

i Anotherobjectofthe'invention is to vide means for `facilitating the vready feedingr? of the wieners tou the roaster v without undue-loss of heat from the roastingchamber andto provide :simple and'reliable meansA for eiectihg7`the automaticiv discharge vof the roasted? wieners` from their 'carriers Gth'er eaturesot ythev inventioncreside in the novel j construction andi arrangement" of -partshereinafter 'more vfully described and; Y particularly ""pointed* lout fin the appended claims. )Y 'f In i the accompanying? drawings l f- Fi'gure' 1 Vis a "frolntview ofther :improved roaster.l -i Figure [is rl`a transverse vertical l section thereof-*online Figure '1;' (Figure 3 is a horizontal-'section online 3 3, Fig-v iirel2. Figure 451s an enlarged'fragmentary" transverse sectionshow'mgg a wiener-rack tripped to a :positionffor *discha'rgingy .the wieners therefrom, @Figure 5 isr an enlarged 'ragmentaryverticali section on line 'e1-57, "Figure '1' i Similar' Vcharacters of reference indicate 7 j fco'rre'spondingv Aparts throughout the several 'J'views. i i

'I FW-'ln the' preferredembodime'nt off the vinvention 'shown fin fthe i drawings,V the same j 'comprises a suitablecasing 10, of approprisatel 1dimens1ons,linwhichthe various working i "riparte ofthe.'r roaster'are mounted and which "'i lconstruct e'dftofprvide aj heatingv chamber -1'wherein' thefwienersor yother articl'es of food-are ycoolnedl or roasted; a warming vchamber "512" disposed ati the lowen frontv end of l the 'casingfor ke'epingthe articles hot after ylffbeingfroastedgfand' Ia compartment 13 `arrangedA rearwardly 'thewar'ming chamber Y i j BoAs'rERrcR wrENERs'AN-DTHE LIKE L192eA serial yNo'. i 269,109.'

and 15, respectively, of the heating'chamber are made'ol1 glass or other transparent material so `that vthe roasting of the foodstuis may 'beobserved by the operator andin- Onefo itsfobjects' fisthe/ provision of a terestedpatrons. As shown in Figure2, the heating chamber 11 is substantially L-shaped and the lower yforwardlybit'set horizontal portion or extension 16 thereof opens directly ,into the*warming'chamber 12, While the top heating chamber 11' is a removable heating element 18,"preferably yof the electrical type, ,Which termin ates aty itsv 'lower end adj acent to the offset portionflof said chamber.' A. suitable conveyor 'for the wieners is provided for .carrying them inaV path about the heating element,k that shown in the-drawingsfby preference, consisting of a'pair' of laterally spaced sprocket chains 19 disposed within ,thefheatingy chamber adjacent tothe'side wallsthereof and passing attheir upper' ends `around sprocket wheels '20 mounted on corresponding` stud-shafts 21 journaled in the casingside walls. The lower ends of these sprocket chains extend forwardly into thev `oii'set vportion 16 of the heating chamber and pass around similar sprocket wheels lfixed enla-horizontal shaft At the junction of their resulting uprightand horizontal stretches, theser chains pass around suitable guide rollers 24.' Motion may be transmitted y to thesprocket chains" at a comparatively 'slow' speed by an electric motor'fhousediny the compartment 13 andy connected with the shat by"'suitablereduction gearing 26.3

yPivotallymounted between the chains 19 on pins 27 are pendant-food supports` or racks 2S which may be of any desired con` iiguration and 'WhiCharedesigned, in the example shown', to carry wienersgorl like Iarticles. These racks ar'e'eonstantly held in a pendant position, so thatthe wieners,fwhen conveyed upwardly and downwardly about v fin its top land adjoining front side,

- oii'set portion 16 of theheatingv Chamber 'has a filling opening 29 through which the articles ofv food maybeV admitted and ,placed 'the heating element 187,*arej roasted first on one side 'and then on the other. Y

on the racks -28 as they. successively lpass suehopening. Thelatter isvnorrnally closed? by a suitabley door 30A hinged the rear wall ofthe'ca-sing 10.

, A supplementaryheating elementl isar ranged horizontally in theflower rear end of i f the heating charnher l1"iniinediately helowvV the bottom stretoho'f theeonveyor 119,y they the wieners, particularly theirnhottfonisides.

`YSaid:heating eleinent 31'k is preieralolydis- Y Vso 60A i Y fwienenthe operator presses `the trip pin in#v wardly into the path of thel opposingfront i l edge'of the approaching rack, so thatwhen posed between ya. pair o-asloestospanelsl B2 7 supportedat theirends on ledges 33 vvformed on the sidewalls of ther-easing'7 the upper therein. Y

i The warming oh'arnber l2is providedat its v lower end with a heating elernent 35 ot` the A requiredxcapaoity tokeep the wieners 1n a warmed Condition after being'roasted-y This Achamber has a dischargeopening 36 normally closed by a Vvertically-swinging'.door ,ne i

' After beingV roayr'sted,Y the .wieners aregdis if ohar'gedrmfrom their racks 28 into the Warming vchamber. rThe preferredineans Vfor sodis1rv ehergingthe wieners consists of atripdevice:

l Controlled `hy thev operator for automatically eeCtingtheY swingingrof the vracks to aposivtion fon-permitting the wienersitofdrop gravity into thewarming,chamherQz-To this Vend a trippin V3 8 iS pnliOrVided which is slid ably .mounted in f one y of the sidewalls of the ACasing at apoint opposite the lower horizonf .tal stretch of the Conveyor Chains 19 so as A xto he shift'able into and out of the pathfofr movement of therael-suspension ears` :39' and y 4`helow the pivots thereof;- Normally this ktrip,V pin `is Vheld. olearoi the racks-by a coilspring Y '-lfw'hieh hears'at one end, against its hearing.'

Vcollar lland' at itsoth'er end' against itsaetnating knob42. lhen it is desired to swing 4a rack toi-'the'.position shown in [Figure 4,

for effecting the automatic diseharge#of afV fconvey'or arrangedin said-chamber fortravel- A its ear encounters the :trip-pin, the rachis I' elairn as my' invention :f-l i 1.7Aieookingapparatusof thetharaeten VY f n described', ,@.Qmpsng aasngihavng eheatf 17 Ycooking apparatus' ozfithe eharalfte i ing-chamber inelud-ing 'a lateral extensio'nat 'l l i 911e @11e-heatingelements, lispfoselv in isa'id Y, swung-upwardly andarearwardly about its y' pivot'pinsQ'?. After riding over andfpassingj f f the 1trilrpin, the rank .assumesits@normal- `pendantposition ready toreeeive another ing 29,

vdescribed;fsemprismg af Casmeharin'g a Subfi ber. A; fior Conveying' fpdfpast ,the heating el ',.melltfthreinf and overfthegegmmu- 1- f ing Chamber limits ilpperipnrton said'v Conveying means passingaround oppo#` Vconveying food past saidheatingelenientg i site sides of one of the heating elements andl along one side ofthe other heating element. 70' i *i i 2QA Cookingiap'paratus of the chaiaoter Y' described, .Cemprsine @lV v@eine Centfllmg f meting nhalrlbe1-n1uding sletelfxteni f sion at oneendhaving al filling opening l *heating elements disposedsin 'said ohalnberi 75p. jv, fand.inftheleXtension thereofya'ndineans for f eonveying food past 'said"heatingl elements and fsi'dfil-ling opening, 'said/conveying -,.ineans. passing around oppositensidescotone heat from; this .elementY loein'gfdireetedfupl I f wfardlyand serving toassist the roasting of!" A ,Cooking apparatus .f 'temeer described; coinprising a,Casinghaving:asuh-V .g stantially'Lfshapedheating chaniher,-'lalndeind-.ty l.less jfood ,conveyor 'arranged the upright and horizontal portion'sioff said Ghainhena panel having heat-radiating slots 35i *formed heating elenier'itdisposedfin the uprightpor-kv l tion of'said o hainher and about which/the upward and'downward lstretchesV of thev Conyeyortravel, and a supplementary heatingjele-V .ment disposed in egemonia; .poem of 'i said` chamber adjacent to one rofthe `h'orino n-` heatin f eleinentdisposed in the' uprightfpori911 of Seid #Chamber and ,about which the reyor trawl, a Supplementary heating elef ymenti.:displosedfinthe/horizontal'lpOlftionfof x v, said` chamber adjacenttooneof the horlr zontal stretCllQSvgQfthe 'onveyonsaid hori-` Zontal'iportion oftheheatingj'chamberjhav-- Y Y illing opening{disposedppposite theY other horizontal'stretchioffsaid conveyor, and

, aelosureforsaidllingfopening;

5; AiV 1c oolging apparatus of` the' eheraeten -describe@Comprising a .caS-ng'contanng a miVV heating Chalnherhavingfarforwardlyfacing extension at itslowerlendya heating element sion l of said heating chamher.

respetively, and nieansinsaidheathgvchain 111iV ing Past Sadheting'lementand @warming chamber 1n communication with the eXtenj :no upward and downwardstreehes of the. cf'm- 120,"Y cemi-munie'ating warming .ohanilo'er inf its lower i portion, heatingelementslin saidifel'lain-heits,iv Y ywieneras it'cornesoppositegthe .filling openl y municating warming chamber in its lower portion; heating elements in said chambers,

` respectively,` means in said heating chamber forr conveying food pastthe heating element 5`.therein and over the communicating upper fend of said warming chamber, and means for ,y effecting the automatic discharge of the food L from theconveyor into the warming chamber at a predetermined poi-nt in its path oftravel.

"10 l Y 8. A cooking apparatusV of the character described,v comprising a casing having a heating chamberin its upper portion and a comn municating warming chamber in its lower portion, aheating element in said heating 15 chamber, an endless convevor arranged to`v "travel past the heating element, tiltablel food o "supports carried bysaid conveyor, and means f fortilt-ing said supports 'to a position to disv 'n charge their contents into' said warm'ing VV`V`20' chamber yat apredetermined point. in the,V i

` v movement ofthe conveyor.

'(9. A cooking apparatus of the character described, comprising a casing having a heat* ing chamber i-n its upper portion and a com- Y zsimunicating warming chamber in its lower portion, aheatingelement in said heating chamber,- an endless conveyor arranged to travel past the heating element, pendant food :supports ulcr'umed onsaid conveyor, and a 30 trip device vprojectable"across the'Apath of ytravel of said supports for selectively swingf ing'` them to a position to discharge their contents into the warming chamber.

` :JAMES T. lGrRADY.

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